“L'esperluète”, this Aveyron knife awarded a silver medal at the Lépine competition

Patrice Graffand and Étienne Rozès brought “L’esperluète” to life. D.R

A cutler working in the shadows in Rieupeyroux, Patrice Graffand finds himself in the spotlight with his folding kitchen knife “L'esperluète” which won a silver medal at the Lépine competition.

A cutler working in the shadows in Rieupeyroux, Patrice Graffand finds himself in the spotlight with his folding kitchen knife “L'esperluète” which won a silver medal at the Lépine competition. “It started with a meeting with Étienne Rozès, founder of Le Cuisinier français, who has since become a friend, who heard about my work and came to talk to me about his project for a nomadic kitchen knife“, says this self-taught cutler who loves challenges.

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A nomadic and folding knife

This is how “L'esperluète” was born, the difficulty of which was to design “a blade longer than the handle with a significant heel”, explains Patrice Graffand in his lair at Forges de Modulance. The name of the knife came to him during the discussion with Étienne Rozès. A nomadic and folding knife and kitchen knife, etc. The symbol of this coordinating conjunction has become its logo.

The variation of a range

Designed in Rieupeyroux, “L’esperluète” was manufactured in Thiers and can now be found with starred chefs, starting with Christophe Aribert in the Alps. The ampersand is at the foot of the mountain with already a variation of its range to meet expectations, like “Le fils”, smaller to put in a pocket with a real kitchen blade. “I was touched by the recognition of professionals marked by the ingenuity of the knife”, concludes Patrice Graffand, present at the last Salon coutellia in Thiers.